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Kleberg County Art Contest

Kleberg County Commissioners Court has invited childern in Kleberg county to create an original art project with the theme "

“Kleberg County Working Together to Slow the Spread of the Coronavirus”.

Students can use crayons, markers, colored pencils, paint or other art medium to create an artwork for The Kleberg County Strong Art Contest.

All artwork entries will be displayed in the Kleberg County Courthouse.

See flyer below for more info. 

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Presbyterian Pan American School clarifies its response to the Coronavirus testing site location.


Press Release
March 19, 2020

Interim President Mr. Kim Warner issued a statement this afternoon intended to put recent Kleberg County decisions in some perspective. “Facing an unprecedented situation, the school and the County Commissioners attempted to navigate the need for testing against the need to protect students and the staff at this residential setting.

While the school is very grateful for the sharing use of the FEMA dome designed for emergency use by the public, this health-imposed situation was different. With only a one or two day notice,the ability to get students home to ten different countries was just not possible. Border access and airline schedules simply do not adjust to such a quick decision.”Speaking on behalf of the approximately 130 residential high school students under her responsibility, the Principal, Ellie Perez,expressed clear concern for student and residential staff health and safety.“It is one thing to remove the kids in quick fashion when a storm is on the horizon, but this was a hidden enemy with deadly and unknown ability to transfer. 

While we never said we wouldn’t accommodate the County’s request to use the FEMA dome on our campus, and we are appreciative of TAMUK’s willingness to assist with housing for our students and staff living on campus, we didn’t feel this option provided for adequate supervision of our young teenagers in a setting with college-age students. I know the Judge and County Commissioners would never make a decision that endangered even one child -we simply did not have time to implement their decision.” 

“Pan Am is very appreciative of the decision that has been made by Kleberg County to move the testing facility to Dick Kleberg Park,” said Mr. Warner.

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Primary Election Nominations for Kleberg County

Republican 
District Attorney for Kleberg and Kenedy County
John T. Hubert

Democrat
County Attorney                                  
Kira Talip Sanchez

Republican 
Sheriff                                                
Richard Kirkpatrick                              

Democrat
Sheriff
Danny Pena
                        
Democrat
County Tax Assessor 
Susan DeLeon

Republican 
County Tax Assessor
Maria Victoria "Vicky" Valdez


Democrat PCT 21 THRU 24
Constable Pt. 2

Omar Rosales


Democrat PCT 31 THRU 35
County Commissioner, Precinct 3
Pablo Soliz
Arturo "Artie" DeLaRosa
Roy Cantu


Democrat PCT 41 THRU 45
Constable, Precinct 4
Andrew Robert Mendez
Amando O. Vidal


Republican PCT 11 THRU 14
Commissioner, Precinct 1
David Rosse
Tim Strubhart


Constable, Precinct 1
Bill Hack

Republican PCT 31 THRU 35
Commissioner, Precinct 3
Richard S. Perez
Jerry Martinez
Jacob Moseley, Sr.


Constable, Precinct 3
Jesse Riviera

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